Playing with snowballs – Russia's MAIN winter activity! (PHOTOS)
With the first snow starting to fall across the country, people of all ages, both adults and children, cannot resist making snowballs and starting a fight. Take a quick trip down memory lane and see just how Russians have frolicked in the snow in the past 100 years…
World War I. Mobilized soldiers engaged in a snowball fight, 1916
It was the main winter pastime in villages, 1956
It's especially fun to play when the first snow falls, 1960s
And not just children rejoiced in the snow, 1950s
For boys, a snowball fight was serious thing, 1950s
After school – an all-out battle! 1966
Hefty snow projectiles were sometimes also used, 1970s
And, sometimes, they packed a real punch! 1960s
The excitement could get you so hot that you'd even take your jacket off in winter, 1973
And, after a serious fight, everyone went home soaking wet, 1980s
